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work. The big flags flying off the back of them unkempt across their face and necks to affect a 4
would’ve scared our cattle. The people who drive laborer’s style for doing laptop work in coffee
them often live in suburbs and have big, clean shops, I think of my dad immaculately trimming DIFFERENTIA TION chapter 4
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garages full of all-terrain vehicles that they call his beard every morning before dawn to work on
Collaborative Learning
“toys” next to a row of shiny helmets, a very good a construction site. The men closest to me took Collaborative Learning
Y
option I didn’t have as I drove three-wheelers meticulous care with their appearance when- You might ask small groups of students to
ou might ask small gr
oups of students to
from one pasture to another with buckets of feed. ever they had the chance. Other Voices / Sarah Smarsh examine the opening section of the essay, ,
examine the opening section of the essay
Grandpa would have chuckled at a man with 5 Mom, too, presented herself like her main paragraphs 1–7, and cr eate a T -chart con-
paragraphs 1–7, and create a T-chart con-
a cattle guard on the front of his truck driving to job was to be photographed, when it was more trasting popular images of country life with
trasting popular images of country life with
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and from an office job. He would have laughed, likely to sort the inventory in the stockroom of a the examples of Smarsh’ s lived experience.
the examples of Smarsh’s lived experience.
too, about designer jeans yellowed with a wash retail store. Her outfits were ensembles cobbled What conclusions about Smarsh’ s purpose
What conclusions about Smarsh’s purpose
meant to evoke the dirt that was under his fin- together from Wichita mall sale racks, but she can they draw from the results?
esults?
can they draw fr
om the r
gernails, or the “shabby chic” decorating trend always managed to look stylish. My favorite was
of new furniture meant to look like it had weath- a champagne-colored silk pantsuit that was cut
ered decades in our barn. loose and baggy. She wore it with a scarf that
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My family found stuff like that funny rather had big, lush roses on it like the satiny wallpaper
than offensive, maybe because it was so poorly she had glued and smoothed across our hallway.
executed. When affluent urban men in plaid She had married a farm boy but had no interest
flannel shirts let their hair grow wild and in plaid shirts.
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Connections to T e xt
Connections to Text
Students might be familiar with similar
Students might be familiar with similar
advertisements, either in print or video, and
advertisements, either in print or video, and
essions
you might ask them to share impressions
you might ask them to shar
e impr
of others, or complete a quick sear ch for
of others, or complete a quick search for
some (a sear ch for ads for pick-up trucks
some (a search for ads for pick-up trucks
may yield r
elevant r
esults). They could
may yield relevant results). They could
discuss examples that either defend or
discuss examples that either defend or
s claims.
challenge Smarsh’
challenge Smarsh’s claims.
Carefully examine this advertisement for Carhartt, which Sarah Smarsh claims is a “popular
workwear brand sometimes worn as a class-conscious fashion statement” (par. 2).
How does this advertisement’s portrayal of the brand relate to Smarsh’s argument about
“what it means to be country” (par. 1)?
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